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<blockquote data-quote="UPS Lifer" data-source="post: 1041236" data-attributes="member: 9789">I would have liked to be a fly on the wall during the negotiations of the rules and moderators.&nbsp; I do think that being the moderator is an extremely tough job because of who you are dealing with.&nbsp; How pointed can you really get with the President of the United States? It is easier to go after the challenger.BUT - Candy flat out showed extreme bias when she cut off Romney from making his point on Benghazi. I think that her credibility was hurt last night. If she hadn&#039;t interjected that comment, I don&#039;t think you would see much criticism of how she handled the debate. I actually thought there were a lot of good pointed questions.&nbsp; I felt bad for some of the folks, you could see how nervous some of them were. Candy and her team picked the questions.&nbsp; I did not see any real bias other than the comment.As for each candidate going over the time limit.... maybe they should have someone who monitors the clock and at 10 minutes before, who ever is down in minutes gets that extra time for a closing remark. That might keep them on point. The mikes could also be programmed to go off after a certain time to keep them on point.&nbsp; They could also have two moderators who tag team segments to be watchdogs for each other.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPS Lifer, post: 1041236, member: 9789"] I would have liked to be a fly on the wall during the negotiations of the rules and moderators. I do think that being the moderator is an extremely tough job because of who you are dealing with. How pointed can you really get with the President of the United States? It is easier to go after the challenger. BUT - Candy flat out showed extreme bias when she cut off Romney from making his point on Benghazi. I think that her credibility was hurt last night. If she hadn't interjected that comment, I don't think you would see much criticism of how she handled the debate. I actually thought there were a lot of good pointed questions. I felt bad for some of the folks, you could see how nervous some of them were. Candy and her team picked the questions. I did not see any real bias other than the comment. As for each candidate going over the time limit.... maybe they should have someone who monitors the clock and at 10 minutes before, who ever is down in minutes gets that extra time for a closing remark. That might keep them on point. The mikes could also be programmed to go off after a certain time to keep them on point. They could also have two moderators who tag team segments to be watchdogs for each other. [/QUOTE]

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